Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	352	247	305
Rank change year-on-year	-105	+58	-12
Permanent jobs citing Product Management	623	550	598
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.52%	1.13%	0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.71%	1.27%	1.05%
Number of salaries quoted	333	250	285
10^th Percentile	£36,250	£43,497	£42,608
25^th Percentile	£47,500	£56,723	£56,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£72,250	£70,000
Median % change year-on-year	-16.96%	+3.21%	-
75^th Percentile	£81,250	£87,500	£87,500
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£117,500	£101,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£60,000	£62,500	£65,000
% change year-on-year	-4.00%	-3.85%	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	88,011	43,297	57,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.51%	88.60%	82.22%
Number of salaries quoted	59,859	24,595	30,556
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,500
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,750	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£54,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+10.09%	-9.17%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£46,000	£54,000
% change year-on-year	+19.57%	-14.81%	+1.66%

Product Management Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Product Management Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 19 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-89	551	£60,850	-16.07%	1,429
London	-33	309	£71,121	-11.10%	925
UK excluding London	-132	260	£60,000	-4.00%	590
Work from Home	-39	193	£58,541	-18.97%	650
North of England	-48	65	£60,000	-22.58%	99
South East	-99	62	£43,500	-30.40%	153
North West	-20	51	£63,000	-6.67%	56
Midlands	-39	43	£48,500	-24.22%	89
South West	-64	40	£60,000	-4.00%	46
West Midlands	-27	32	£48,500	-15.65%	53
East of England	-42	24	£70,000	+6.87%	65
Scotland	+17	16	£77,500	+82.35%	78
Yorkshire	-36	13	£57,500	-29.23%	32
East Midlands	-33	11	£39,194	-49.43%	36
Wales	-71	5	£69,501	+29.30%	24
Northern Ireland	-83	5	-	-	34
North East	-64	1	-	-	11

Product Management Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, job vacancies citing Product Management also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Product Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Roadmaps	50.4%	314
2	Agile	33.9%	211
3	AI	26.8%	167
4	Product Roadmap	26.6%	166
5	Degree	26.3%	164
6	Stakeholder Management	25.5%	159
7	Continuous Improvement	23.3%	145
8	Decision-Making	21.0%	131
9	Problem-Solving	17.8%	111
9	Product Strategy	17.8%	111
11	Customer Experience	16.9%	105
12	Product Vision	15.4%	96
13	Project Management	15.1%	94
14	Analytics	14.3%	89
15	User Stories	13.8%	86
16	Product Backlog	13.6%	85
16	Software Engineering	13.6%	85
18	SaaS	12.4%	77
19	JIRA	12.0%	75
20	Coaching	11.9%	74
21	Backlog Prioritisation	11.7%	73
22	Strategic Roadmap	11.4%	71
23	User Experience	11.2%	70
24	Mentoring	10.6%	66
25	AWS	10.4%	65
26	Product Requirements	10.3%	64
27	Scrum	10.0%	62
28	Acceptance Criteria	9.3%	58
29	Backlog Management	9.0%	56
30	Microsoft	8.3%	52

Product Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Roadmaps	50.4%	314
2	Agile	33.9%	211
3	AI	26.8%	167
4	Product Roadmap	26.6%	166
5	Stakeholder Management	25.5%	159
6	Continuous Improvement	23.3%	145
7	Decision-Making	21.0%	131
8	Problem-Solving	17.8%	111
8	Product Strategy	17.8%	111
10	Customer Experience	16.9%	105
11	Product Vision	15.4%	96
12	Project Management	15.1%	94
13	Analytics	14.3%	89
14	User Stories	13.8%	86
15	Product Backlog	13.6%	85
15	Software Engineering	13.6%	85
17	Coaching	11.9%	74
18	Backlog Prioritisation	11.7%	73
19	Strategic Roadmap	11.4%	71
20	User Experience	11.2%	70